The match group purchased this once successful website that had a early history of being a pioneer in online dating. It used to be a great website. When match purchased it they destroyed the site and turned it into a scam money making business that pays on people looking for relationships. The website is filled with scam profiles. This is a dangerous sight because there is no way to know if you were dealing with a real person or someone looking to harm you or steal your money. The site does absolutely nothing to protect its users. When you pay, you are paying to contact people that are most likely going to be fakes or bots or scammers. Paying for this site or any dating website is a mistake and you should never do this. Plenty of fish and nearly all of the match.com dating websites are dangerous and are there only to steal your money. They are not there to help you find a date and if you go online and pay them you are being foolish and setting yourself up not only to waste your money but you are also putting yourself at risk for being scammed. It's also terrible for your mental health as you will be frustrated. Many people complain about the quality of the daters / profiles on this and other dating sites. Unfortunately, they are not that many real people on these dating sites. Complaints are made about fake profiles and scam profiles that are not real. Unfortunately people don't realize this. This is bad for society and bad for dating in general. Please note that paying any money for any of these dating sites is only giving money to scammers and does absolutely nothing to increase your chance of meeting the person of your dreams. If you believe this you were going to be sadly disappointed not only that you can't meet somebody but that you have most likely been scammed and scammed by plenty of fish as they have stole your money. If you read this review and you continue to pay money to these dating sites you are contributing to this scamp. Don't come back and complain afterwards. I'm not saying that you won't be able to find someone on this site but it's going to be very difficult and frustrating and really bad for your mental health. Just don't pay. Paying gives you absolutely no increase chance of finding someone. I see so many people that give money away to these sites for no reason at all. Match.com or the match group is a scam company based on taking advantage of people and stealing money from people who are looking for love. Plenty of fish is one of their worst sites. The match group is a publicly traded company. Unfortunately dating sites are on regulated. They do not have to provide any service to you for your money that you give them. They do not have to provide any statistics or show you any proof that your money is helping you at all in your dating efforts. This is not like gambling and casinos where they are regulated and they are required to prove that they are paying out. Match.com and their dating sites only have to take your money and they do not have to give you anything in return. Complain and they will cancel your subscription and you will be out of your money. Be very careful because once you pay, you are on a continuous billing cycle which is almost impossible to stop. You'll have better chances buying a lot of lottery ticket. Use the money that you were paying for your dating sites and for this site and just buy lottery tickets instead. Don't believe any of the positive reviews. These companies including the match group and POF all pay for positive reviews. Scammers are encouraged to be on their site and there is a symbiotic relationship between the scammers and the dating sites. The scammers that populate POF and the other match group dating sites websites profiles are created through organized crime. They make millions and millions of dollars scamming people out of their money on these sites. The match group and specifically POF does absolutely nothing to protect those people that use their sites and do nothing to get rid of the scammers on their sites. Again this is dangerous and you should be aware that the people that you are talking to are most likely computer-generated bots or scammers sitting in a crowded sweat shop and another country somewhere like Russia or Africa and not real people. Never give money to anyone that you meet online no matter how close feelings you have for that person. I have personal experience seeing thousands of bots and scammer profiles and actually talking to many. I've never given money to anyone so I've never been scammed but emotionally, in the past I had let my guard down and this can also affect you negatively.Don't believe any of the positive reviews and look for the number of reviews the reviewer has under their profile. You'll see that a lot of positive reviews have one review in total period Believe the negative reviews. Look at the quality of the positive reviews and the quality of the negative reviews and use your common sense when reading reviews and never go on the overall score that a site has for a company because those overall scores are spurious. Use your common sense and dating and use your common sense when evaluating these sites. There is no trusted dating site on the internet. Use internet dating sites with caution and never pay.
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You will not want to read this, and if you do the chances are you will be triggered. But hold on as it's not personal and you may even thank me for it. I am not having a pop at you (i may actually be helping you if you take in what i am writing). The truth and for free. I ask nothing in return and am just feeling generous so read on (and completely disregard if you want).
POF is dog poo. But it's the best we have and you can go spend your hard earned cash on a paid dating site and get the same disappointing results. Look at it this way, yes it sucks but at least you still have your money in your pocket. I am writing from the view of an average looking fella, i scrub up well, i can write well, and i have a sense of humour. My strongest point is i am polite and take an interest in the other persons profile. Now, you can shoot me down all day if you want but i get results on there all the time. Hell, i even married a good looking leggy blonde from there and have numerous girlfriends all from on there. I have absolutely no morals btw so carry on and slate me for being a womaniser but if you want to know how to be successful you need it from somebody who gets results. Else why bother? And for free. I get nothing from giving this golden nugget too you. Take it or leave it as i do not really care as it's nothing to do with me. It is, however, the truth. Harsh possibly but it works.
Effort. You cannot just bung a half decent photo and pretty detailed profile on there and just expect the fishes to all come and bite on your line. That can happen of course but it's a matter of time. And you cannot rush it. To be a succesful angler you need to realise you are in for the long haul and it comes in fits and starts. The mistake people make is they give up during what i call a dry spell. Just hunker down, keep hitting the likes, save that one daily only message for the very best person you see. BTW do not limit yourself with this by thinking she/he is out of your league. Sure, the chances are maybe 1 in 10 that they will respond but if you do not try then how will you know? And you could hit that 1 out of 10 person at some point. You have to accept that it will take time and this is where most fail. It's a war of attrition, it's a numbers game and you have to invest just like in anything to get the results you want. If you are prepared to do this even Quasimodo looks will have you balls deep at some point. But it's how long you are prepared to wait and chances are you are already triggered and thinking you are special and why should you invest in that time? There you go, my point exactly demonstrated. On average when i feel like going for a fish on there i already know it could take a few weeks. I have the photo and profile thing nailed down tight and as you read this even if you hate to admit it i know how to write (punctuation/grammer notwithstanding but who gives a crap when i am giving you this gift). What i also have is strategy: hit the like button. Spend an hour or so each night and just plough through it. Don't think to hard just go gut reaction from slightly below average to stunning. Nobody can judge you here you hit like to what ever moves you. I do not mean go low standard i mean just expand your possability envelope. Be honest, if you'd hit it then press that like! It takes a lot of likes to get a mutual match so thats why you have to invest. And as i keep saying, if you want instant results you will ultimately fail (i am talking from a fellas point of view). Remember not to lose faith as the odds are stacked well against you so be easy on yourself. It will happen and she'll be laying it all open for you as long as you know how to treat a lady and be nice. The fact you are a complete user like me has nothing to do with it! You can take this advice to the bank though as i am proof it works. Yeah, haters gotta hate: all the women i nail are slags, fat, skinny, desperate, old, single mothers, low rent... blah, blah. Like i give a crap what you think. I am getting my fill and you are sitting alone watching porn and feeling worthless. That is for the haters. Not you. You are a decent guy not a serial user of women like me. You have high standards and would not lower yourself to go average. I can dig that but I hit most in the average sector which incidently is most people. So get over yourself as average can scrub up good. The thing i have found to be almost true is the model looks female is drama. Personality is low, expectation is high and although i have nailed a few (silver tongue aren't i?) they are too much effort. Yes me, Mr Effort, has a point at which i stop. But the point is i put the effort in on POF and it works. Your target area is average, don't go below average as you will hate it. Who wants a munter? Leave those for other munters to meet. Average is your best chance but do not limit yourself as there is that rare creature out there who is stunning and has a nice personality. She is the ultimate vein of gold so whilst you are putting in the effort you may as well enjoy yourself until you find her. If you find her...

So, in summary...
>Put up your best photo and take time to fill in your profile.
>Be prepared to know it will take weeks (possibly a couple of months) to get positive results.
>Be prepared to go a little under your target expectation (but for Godsake have some diginity) and do not, repeat not, date a munter. But also do not ever limit yourself as you may find that model who is nice. I know it's complicated!
>Hit that like button. Wear that sucker out. Put YouTube on and watch car, sport, funny cat videos as you use that finger on the keyboard. That finger is your ticket to ride. But you have to really smash those likes.
>Do not, repeat not, lose the faith. This is the crucial thing and most important thing. Remember that you will hit dry spells but then you will hit times of abundance.

As i said, POF is dog poo but its the best we have. Effort, time, and faith are your weapons. Now go get 'em tiger!

The site/app (or mobile site) has a sharp new updated look with an attractive pinkish or salmon-colored framework (ditching the old blue and purple and rather fishy look) and a newer user interface, as of the tail-end of 2022. Making it feel less dated and a bit more similar to, say, Tinder. At least as far as how it is when you're first filling things out on there (example: those little circles or ovals that you select, that say things like: Tennis, Music, Movies, and so on, under "Interests"...).

But the new changes also entail the fact that you can only message one person-- one for free, that is-- per every 24 hours. Otherwise, you've got to ante up: a 40 dollar minimum, and that's for the 3 month package. Also, if you are not a paid subscribed member you can't see who has viewed your profile or who you've matched with from the "Meet Me" section. So, yes it's kind of free; but you can't truly effectively use the site (especially as a male) without at minimum subscribing. I'll get into the "Boosting" thing now.

They're using the typical Tinder-style "buy Boost(s)" system (or, if you prefer: carny-style racket) in order to get yourself seen more. That is to say: they don't show your profile as much, they keep it down somehow, particularly in the 'Meet Me' cards at least, unless or until you are using purchased 'Boosts'. Tinder does the same thing, but calls it something else besides 'Boosts'. Your profile only really appears alive and hot when you are using Boost(s). Otherwise, things quickly die down ~ until you purchase more. This is on top of your above-mentioned subscription package. The cost of the regular Boosts are not included in the subscription. But you do clearly get more views, if nothing else, while using the paid-for Boosts.

If you send messages on PoF, you can't ever delete them from your sent box; so if you're one of those guys or gals who likes to send messages, but is also kind of sensitive about being "left on read", bear in mind you'll have to be thicker-skinned here. You will see that the other person read it (and/or you will of course see when they view your profile after you've messaged them). That's part of the game, granted, but some people do prefer to delete their sent messages and forget about them after sending.

The 'quality' of the people on there (women in my case) is subjective. No doubt some/many, perhaps most, are "real people" at least (they seem to have weeded out many of the blatant fakes and bots, etc). Having said that, as always, the women are getting way more messages and views and so forth than the men; so, as a guy on there, you really have to (after paying to play, as noted, and probably paying to 'Boost' daily as well) send several messages a day, perhaps 7 to 10 or so a day, in order to maybe get 1 or 2 or more replies back. It all depends on your area, what the 'selection' is like by you, and so on.

Also, they do age-bracket and age-discriminate you in a sense. You're only allowed by the site to talk to people who are within a certain predetermined age bracket from your own age. Furthermore, some of the users "disable messaging". This means essentially that this user has decided that they only want people within a certain age range, or people with -- or without -- some other certain factor, that you don't fit the bill on, messaging them. So you can't message them at all. But you can "like" their profile, if you want. By clicking on the little "heart" icon. Although women on there are usually the first to remind you, "I can't see Likes".

If you've got 40 (at least) bucks to blow for a 3-month suscrip (put that on a CC that you won't mind having to ditch and cut up quickly in the case of a compromise of any sort occurring...), plus basically more $$ every time you use the site -- to buy the Boosts and keep your 'popularity' up-- *and* you've got a lot of patience and endurance, you might just catch a fish or two here.

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Plenty of fish? Guess that title is more catchy then plenty of bottom dwellers. Wow, the women that text me (assuming they are women) only want money. Aye caramba! They ask more times for money then the worst church services I ever went too! I guess some are illiterate. Ahh too bad. They can't read to fill out taxes to get them stimulus checks. Ahhh tough luck. Well the needy (ha, greedy) ladies should get a GED, so they won't miss out on stimulus checks after filling out the tax form. Oh wait a minute,... they need money for gas so they can attend GED classes. Holy cow! I think my sarcasm makes more sense, then these 'ladies stories'. I'm mean come on! Oh, they will get their inheritance soon. Oh, their mom is sick, but she needs money for a phone. Golly gee wilickers. I guess them Obama phones were limited supply. I mean some of these stories don't make any sense. The tabloids won't even print their stories! I mean the Enquirer has to have atleast something half baked believable. Well for folks that believe the word gullible isn't in the dictionary. I have better luck being picked up by a alien from a UFO then to have a centerfold looking lady profile that says she has all these gold bars, and loves wild sex too that will meet me. Haha. She just needs money for a Phone. I don't mean to be sexiest, but a lady that doesn't have a phone in Salt Lake City just might make the local news! So many gosh darn, dad gum, confounded, fake profiles on this site. I'm sure I'll run into a profile with the most homely looking, incredibly plain, lady with pimples all over her face, that would say "I got money for pimple cream. But I need a phone to call for a prescription of 'special pimple cream'. Yes, these stories make as much sense as beer flavored breath mints. Makes as much sense as a three toe sloth as a Olympic runner in the 500 yard dash. Haha "Go Thunder!". Well I give this site one star, because I give my review one star. My star will never burn out. So this is my one star, for me. Not for plenty of fish. They want money, I don't even have any bait on my hook! Maybe I should send the next needy broke potential date a picture of my expired EBT card. I mean with all the down and out stories, or stores of inheritance that gets transferred from their texts to my brain,. Oh ow! My head is beginning to see stars. The stars are swerlling around my head like a villain from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Yikes, I better get a prescription from all the stars I'm seeing. Oh dear. My goodness, their stories aren't original either. The same two or three tales over and over again. These tales might go into syndication! Such tales won't even make the final cut to Amazing Stories. Not even close. (That joke would be funny if anyone remembers Amazing Stories tv show in the mid 1980's. The site might be renamed GIVE TO PLENTY OF FISH. GPF for short. The fishes are broke. Oh my goodness.

Very much a HUGE disappointment unless you want to hook up with a FAKE profile usually for women it's a handsome Military man who doesn't exist so if Plenty of Fi$h would SCREEN their online users then they might actually get some man and woman to MEET instead expect to be speaking to someone in Nigeria. Then POFi$h bumps you off to make that $$ wanting members to UPGRADE your ACCOUNT so it's be$t to look for romance even a date somewhere, ANYWHERE else! I would venture to say out of 100 men their profile maybe ONE is GENUINE the rest are catfi$h. My friend has tried POFi$h too who has men constantly ask her for $$ so the website is designed to get SCAMMED or WORST to get KILLED. I signed back up now I'm deleting my POFi$h account since there is NO ONE really REAL except maybe two that I typed to so IMPERSONAL on the Big Island tho' there are several REAL men that are available for me NOT what I want. One old man wanted me to buy a boat with him after I politely declined his invitation to kayak then he would bring sandwiches not my thing. Don't wa$te your precious time as I have to say I did meet Eric in Tampa, Florida some years back when the members were REAL but I was moving to Hawaii even if he wanted me to stay. It was really a nice date so I was hoping to meet a really good guy found out it's a Scamming type of site. POFi$h will disable your chats until you pay them their $$ to make it so you get to speak to FAKE catfi$h not REAL men so hit a bar anywhere just not Plenty of Catfi$h. I even updated my pic. Told it's disabled to pay $$ to send a message so POFi$h said to send a "Like" so I said GOODBYE! Not nice knowing you! BE CAREFUL as I watched on Discovery I.D. two murders of two women one was a mother of two so it's NOT safe if you Google POFi$h with rapes/murders then you'll see it's really risky behavior not for me! I would mate with a shark before I would meet anyone from that HORRIFYING Nightmare Plenty of Scammers Fi$h! The fact remains the pics. Of the members do NOT belong to the FAKE catfi$h so POFi$h I BLAME for shipwrecking their own website set you up for disaster. It's easy to figure out the towns the faces even two men on ONE member's profile means it's FAKE like Florida, Florida or Hawaii, Hawaii each one claiming to be in the Military showing a pic. Of a handsome service member just NOT them! I didn't purchase anything from POFi$h in fact it's supposed to be Free but now it's NOT so save your precious time & $$ go somewhere else! To "UPGRADE" I have no CLUE what they mean but I'm happier NOT trying to be CONNED by the con artist that is in another country like Africa! BE CAREFUL ladies! Alo Ha Joke's on us!

After an absence of over a year I decided to try POF one more time. Having used POF over the years I fully understood what to expect and now that I've come back nothing has changed for the better.
As a male I can only speak from a male's perspective but I believe my experience applies to females as well.

To begin, don't believe that this site is "free" as they claim. There is nothing free about it.
After signing up and creating my account, which included posting a few photos, I understood that if I am going to contact women I will need to purchase credits in order to send emails. Up until now you could purchase "tokens". They offered 1, 5, 10. The more you purchased the more options were available to you. I usually only purchased 1 in order to send messages. As of today POF has inserted additional membership packages which cost much more. You are now able to pay $11.50/month (8 month plan), $14.41/month (4 month plan), $20.00/month (2 month plan). POF proudly boasts that these payment plans offer you a long list of additional bonuses such as: "you can see whether your email was read or deleted", "highlight your profile so it stands out", and my favorite, "This upgrade more than doubles your chances of meeting someone". Tell me, what if no women reply to your emails? Now you have double the chance of meeting the same women.

Now, my time and experience on POF has demonstrated all of the following.
1. Didn't I see your photos somewhere else?
Many of the profiles on the women's side are fake. How do I know this. If I'm suspicious of a photo I will copy it and send it to "google image search". I immediately discover that the photo/s were pulled of a porn site and posted on the profile. This proves that that there is no security or validation system on POF.

2. Why are you hiding?
Many profiles do not show the woman's face. A large percentage of women simply post photos of sunsets, their pets, wilderness scenes or even their shoes. Why? This is a dating site, not a shopping catalog. POF offers a "report member" option but they refuse to deal with photo issues. Clearly, not posting photos of yourself is acceptable with POF. If anything, they encourage it by not dealing with the issue.

3. Are you there?
Most women will not reply to your messages. They claim (in their profiles) the following:
"if I don't reply to your message it's because I don't feel we are a match".
Hmm, very classy approach. Considering that men have to pay to use this site you would consider that the decent thing to do would be to reply with a simple, "thank you but no thank you". Not on POF. Most emails you send will not be replied to. In fact, instead of taking a moment to reply to your message the women will sooner block you from contacting them again. How do I know they block you? It's very easy to discover. All you need to do is send a second note to her and as soon as you press "send" a message pops up, "this member has blocked you from contacting her. Please try somebody else." Nice, huh?

4. Hey, where did you go?
Now that you paid to use the site and send messages you will quickly discover that many women have put up a blocker which prevents you from contacting them UNLESS you upgrade to the next package. What package? The monthly subscription I told you about at the beginning. Keep in mind, most women don't reply to begin with but now POF is trying to force you to upgrade (spend more money) in order to get ignored even more and at a higher monthly fee. Very honest site, huh?

5. Who are you?
At the top of the page you have all of your options such as, "meet me", "search", "my matches" etc. There is an option titled "viewed me". If you click on this option you will see a long list of women who have viewed your profile, but, the profiles and photos are all blurred out. Why? If you want to see who the women are who viewed you then you must, get ready for it, PAY an additional fee. Wow, what a surprise. You can now spend money to view the profile of a woman who didn't have any interest in contacting you to begin with. I say; why not and go for it. It's just money.

6. I have a secret admirer?
Now that I have paid my full $2.25 membership fee I am a full member and can send emails to women. On a regular basis I receive the notification: "this woman is interested in meeting you". Ooh, somebody is interested in me! Yeah, sure she is. Here is where the lies and scams come into full light. I will be notified that a "woman is interested in meeting you". Ok, if she's so interested in meeting me then why won't she send me an email? Why do I need to contact her instead?
Based on what I've read online so far, women get to join for free and use POF for free so if that is true then why doesn't she simply send me an email? I suppose because it's meant for me to pay an additional fee and in return I still won't hear back from her. Could it be that POF is sending these fake notices and trying to get me excited enough to spend more money for something that isn't real? Do you think that may be what they are doing here?

7. I'm sorry I can't compliment you.
Be very careful about wanting to compliment women on this site. Even if you take the time to write something well thought out and respectful you can still end up getting your account deleted if the woman considers your compliment to be offensive. In fact, don't bother commenting on anything apart from your interest in chatting. Telling a woman she looks nice or has a very attractive figure may get you banned within 10 minutes. It should be noted that many women post rather provocative photos of themselves with the focus being on chest shots. What do you think she's advertising with photos of that nature? Play it safe and say NOTHING.

8. So, how much do you earn per year sweetie?
Many women are clearly just digging for money. They describe their ideal man as being:
-well established (rich)
-men who enjoy to travel (in other words, the man pays to take the woman on a vacation)
-drives a nice car
-has a house (don't even think of telling her you rent an apartment or you'll be tossed like an empty soda can)
-men must look like they belong in a high fashion magazine (many women make it clear that you need to be a perfect 10 if she is to meet you or even reply to your email)
Ironically, many of these same women look like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. In fact the following happened to me. I connected with a woman from POF and met for a drink. I thought she was very attractive and wanted to spend more time with her. I quickly learned that she didn't have the same interest in me because I was renting an apartment instead of being an owner of a house. She told me that she wants to meet a man who earns a six figure income instead of being with a man who earns an hourly wage. The insulting part was when I discovered that she was living in the basement of her mothers house with her two sons. She clearly didn't want a man for a meaningful relationship but rather a rich man who would "rescue" her from her minimum wage job and give her a house and all the perks that went with it. Do you think she was a gold digger? I certainly thought so but then again, I could be wrong.

9. I have very high standards.
Many women will clearly write, "I am highly selective in who I want to meet". I've seen the same women on this site over the years which tells me two things.
1. This particular woman has serious personality issues.
2. The photos and profile are fake.
You get to choose which one you feel applies to the given profile. I keep asking myself, how is it that such an attractive woman is still single after over 10 years and now she's so depressed (according to her profile) that she can't meet a great guy. Hmm, what could be the problem here? Could it be that she's unpleasant, rude, arrogant, self centered, egotistical, superficial, or, could it be that her profile is a complete fake? Your guess is as good as mine. Here is a hint. Most women expect the man to look like he stepped out of a fashion magazine before she replies to you. On the flip side, most of the women look like Cinderellas step sisters.

10. Can you lend me $5000. 00 please?
I receive messages from women on a regular basis who live outside of the country and each time the ONLY message is, "hey". When this happens I know that the profile is a scam for money. The person on the other side initiates a conversation which instantly moves to her being in need of cash. My reply to this? I block her.

11. You live where?
Be very alert when you receive a letter from a woman. I always look at the city she claims to live in. Sometimes the city is one I've never heard of and I need to google it to find out where it is. Many times it's some tiny remote community in northern Canada that can only be accessible by plane. At this point I start a conversation just to see how far the person will go in convincing me that they are a legitimate woman. I'll ask them how far they live from the beach and they will say "20 minute car drive to the coast". Yeah, ok. Bye.

12. How old is your photo?
There are many very old profile photos. How do I know this? Some 10 years ago POF placed a watermark on every photo that was posted on their site. The watermark stated "plenty of fish". They ended this practice at least 10 years ago and many of those photos are still being used on profiles so you can only imagine that the woman in the profile is at least ten years older than what you see. Remember, this site has been around for 17 years so the photos with that watermark can be that old as well.

13. My camera doesn't work.
Yeah, many women do not post photos of themselves. Why not? They claim that looks don't mean anything and that they are suspicious of men who want to see their photos. They will tell you that if a man must see a photo of a woman then he's just a phony looking to play games. However, the first thing they will do is click on the man's profile to look at his photos. Why is that? This is how they decide who they want to talk to. If the man can't see her she feels she is in complete control over the situation. What legitimate dating site encourages women to NOT post a photos of themselves? This is just another red flag warning you to avoid POF.
True story. About two years ago I ran across a profile of a woman that I wanted to contact. She replied back to me and we started chatting. I asked her where she was when her photos were taken and her reply to me was unexpected. She told me, "those photos are not of me. I found some photos of a woman who looks like me so I posted them instead. I wanted to keep my identity private." What?

14. Thank you, come again.
Once you purchase credits you are able to send emails but be aware, you are limited to how many emails you can send per day. POF does not inform you of this catch until you are subscribed. Once you send the limit that they permit you are now forced to wait 24 hours before you can start sending again, UNLESS (guess what you need to do?) yeah, purchase an upgraded membership package which of course is going to cost you a monthly fee.
This is not a fair system. If anything, they have structured it to suck as much money out of your pocket as possible. Would I call POF an ethical site? No I wouldn't. This is not a dating site geared to helping you meet somebody, rather, it's a site designed to maximize profits for the company and in return maximize the stress levels for you.

15. The Russians are coming.
Guys beware of the Russian girls. Most of the Russian women are looking to move to the West and they will do anything in their power to get a man to help them. They will tell you how wonderful you are, or, how close she feels to you from your correspondences. Watch out! They are trying to get you to sponsor them and once they arrive they will use you up and toss you away as soon as they get what they want. Don't become another victim. This also applies to Russian woman who have only been here for short time. They come across as very demanding and they expect you to play by their rules or you're gone. Do yourself a huge favor, stay away from them. It's not worth the suffering.

16. Upgrade to contact me boys.
Some women's profiles are restricted to men who upgrade to a monthly membership. Why? I have no idea. I keep asking myself, "why would a woman insist on the man upgrading his membership in order to contact her? How does that benefit her?". It makes no sense at all. The only reason I can think of is that the profile is fake. What's the difference between having a basic membership compared to a monthly subscription? None. Either way you are still sending her a letter and hoping for a reply. I have already found numerous profiles using the same photos. If there are multiple profiles using the same photos, well, common sense tells you these are fake profiles which are only being used to lure men into the site so they can pay to contact these women.

17. Your political views offend me.
Yeah, politics has become a very touchy issue. Some women use politics as the key to meeting her. Look, I'm not a fan of politicians so that means I don't support anybody in particular. I can say I'm neutral on the issue. With that being said, most of the women are liberals and if your views challenge hers then you're immediately blocked. If you get into a disagreement on politics then the site itself tends to ban you citing, "your opinions or comments were unacceptable and violated our terms of use." Really? POF will ban you because your political views made a woman cry? I thought this was a dating site, not a political forum.

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My absolute favorite feature is, "messaging disabled". Yes, women can now block men from sending emails to her. Why? Again, I have no idea. Their profile remains visible and free to view but you cannot send her an email. My question is this. If she doesn't want men contacting her (for whatever reason she may have) then why doesn't POF automatically hide her profile until she permits emails again?
As a PAYING member, I expect to be able to send messages to the women I see on this site. Wouldn't you? What is the purpose of leaving your profile up for all to see but not allowing men to contact you? That's like going to the grocery store where all the food is on display BUT you are not permitted to buy anything. Where is the logic in that?

This is just a short list of my personal experience with POF and as a result I do not recommend it to anybody. Have I met any women from this site? Yes I have but the majority were not worth the time or effort. Most of the time I have been stood up and lied to. I will end up driving for almost an hour only to find out she chose not to show up and failed to call or text me to inform me about her change of mind.
If anything, this site is just about scamming money from you and not much else. You're better off going to the book store and trying to meet a woman there. There used to be a time where dating sites were focused on helping you meet somebody. Today, they are all about profits and nothing else.

Update: As of Sept 2020.
I stopped by POF to glance over their main page and to see if anything may have changed over the months. To my surprise they are having a special promotion. There is a huge special going on now where you can join and send letters to women for just. 21 cents. Yes,. 21 cents. I thought to myself "you can't give up this deal" so I joined just to see what has changed.
To my surprise, very little. POF has changed its format in how they present profiles. In other words, they moved the photos around slightly and polished up the visuals but not much else. I started to look over the profiles and quickly discovered how many fake profiles exist now. How was I able to determine they were fake? Many of the profiles have only one photo of the woman and those photos are ALL from the chest up. These same women look no older than 25 yet the age stated is on average 43. Also noted were the profile descriptions of the women that don't say very much about themselves apart from, "I'm looking for a nice guy" or, "contact me". Just for kicks I sent one of them a message asking if she'd like to stop by and chat? I received a reply two days later insisting that I send her my cell # so she can "get to know you better". Yeah, sure.
Other profiles of extremely young looking 40ish women sound like they were written by Mark Twain. The profiles are just unbelievable. Here is an example of one.
"I am searching for a kind hearted man who endeavors to nurture a relationship. I become excited thinking about the adventures that await me in the future. I enjoy thinking about exotic trips to Somalia and the far east where I can experience the great wonders of this magnificent world and then pen my experiences each evening as I admire the love of my life standing by the window glancing towards me with the setting sun on the horizon..." Really? Who talks that way?
It's almost nauseating to read these profiles.
POF has gone one step further to manipulate their site and added countless fake profiles to lure people into throwing their money away. If I was asked how many fake profile would I guess existed from what I have noticed so far, I would easily say 1/3.
As before, please stay away. It's not worth it.

I used to be a FAN of POF. The site (PC version) was laid out very well, they had a FAVORITES section and even a "Who Fav'd me" section. The Favorites were organized by the last time a favorite logged on (no specific timeframe) and the "Who Fav'd me" also was sorted by the last time when the person logged on and INCLUDED the date of login. There were other nice features within the last few years, however they removed them and made them a PAY feature (e.g., searching for a person by their profile name). One would do this if a friend joined and you wanted to communicate with them. The other feature that was VERY Beneficial, knowing if & when a person read an email and if they deleted it or not. This was originally free, however about 10 years ago, they offered a LIFETIME upgrade for several of the NOW missing features. I opted to purchase the email read status feature. Over the last 10 years, any time that the application was updated, POF would add that feature "back into my account" if I alerted them (by email) to its omission. No questions asked.

Now in 2020 with their latest upgrade, that email feature was removed again and NOW they will NOT restore the feature even though I was PROMISED a LIFETIME upgrade. Plus they are giving me some "Song & Dance" about when I paid for it, how much I paid for it, the credit card number I used, etc. On top of that they REMOVED many other features. For example my "Favorites" list was deleted, there is something called "My Likes" which is related to the MOBILE app. There is NO WAY to add people to MY LIKES via the PC APP, nor a way to REMOVE ANYBODY from "MY LIKES" via the mobile nor the PC app.

There are people in "MY LIKES" list that I cannot remove, nor have any idea how they got there in the first place.
The HELP pages relate to the PC Version which no longer exists. Support just recites verbatim the same message from likely the same RUNBOOK response list.

The app has basically become useless because I do not know if a person read the email or not. At least in the past with a READ status, I would know if they read it, deleted it, or didn't even read it yet.

And worse, they EXPECT me to PAY for the UPGRADE again even though I already PAID for it a long time ago as it was a LIFETIME pay EXTRA once offer.

Don't waste your time unless you want to PAY PAY PAY for every feature. Pay for Match (when they have their 50% off deals) or Tinder (if you have Facebook) or try something else (no experience with the rest).

This APP is no longer worth it, even for free.

The $#*!TIST most DECEPTIVE dating site, why? I have never seen a set of the most ugly, unintelligent, no hoper, useless women with nothing going for them except their 3 kids, 2 dogs and a cat. Someone forgot to tell them they are at the "last chance saloon". The losers on this site and lets face it, pretty girls don't have to work too hard to get attention but when you look like Dracula and only come out at night maybe the universe is trying to tell you something. DON'T PUNCH ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT AND BE GRATEFULL FOR WHAT CROSSES YOUR PATH AS PRINCE CHARMING DOES NOT EXIST AND 6 FOOT GUY GO FOR THE PRETTIEST NOT THE UGLIEST!

The Good, the bad and the ugly (leave out the good and that's what you're left with)

Interspersed with the non attractive and ugly are fake profiles that are on most of the day and night, their response is nothing more than a 2 or 3 worded vocabulary designed to send the conversation around in circles. Some of the user names are for example, "fhglghlghlfh" which means the scammer is creating so many fake profiles they now have run out of imagination to think up a new name like Tracy69, so they let their fingers hit the first keys they come into contact with. Also when you check the profile details for hair colour or eyes, the picture featuring brown hair is blond in the profile and the brown eyes described as blue.

Looking through the profiles of what you might think be the real ones you are flabbergasted by their long list of requests like, "they must be taken as they are", "they want to be treated like a princess" (when they look beat up), and appear in pictures with theirs cats, dogs and kids. Nothing wrong with kids but someone forgot to inform these losers of life because their parents never told them, their teachers never told them and the police never told them so I will.

MOST MEN DON'T WANT TO BRING UP OTHER MENS CHILDREN!

Also if you have an awkward personality and always try to get your own way you will scare off most suitors male or female, so if you are past the peak of youth and entering the granny fanny stage of your life maybe you should settle for cat company because that alone will disturb a man, hence the term "crazy cat lady", they now replace the male company they just cant get.

Male intuition (Yes we have it too)

It's an innate thing, look what happens in the animal kingdom, most men can sire their own and have no desire to bring up someone else's only for that child to turn around when they reach 11 and say to you, "your not my dad". Guess what, they are right! So if your trying to impress her tired worn out kitty cat it will backfire on you because their kids come first in their life, right. Get with it guys, you will always be second or third in that scenario. That's why they need to go back to the father of the child and make it work and if it didn't work there for what ever reason then try and accept a warning that the universe is trying to tell you. KIDS & CATS WILL GET YOU OVERLOOKED!

Look at the wider scope of operation from similar sites

I have analysed this site and it is just another rip off, look at the other reviews, somehow I don't trust the praise worthy ones as I think they are fake placements designed to balance out the negative ones because they have that "perfectly worded air" about them. Again if Plenty Of Fish.com was good I would review it as such but its not. Another red flag when you create a profile with these sites is you are inundated with messages but when you cough up you bank details, hey presto the women disappear!
Also to sign up and pay they will have a whole page with big buttons to click on so you don't miss it.
However, when you want to unsubscribe they make it very hard for you to spot the little, little button or underlined text for you to do so. If you don't unsubscribe manually they have normally written into the small print an AUTOMATIC ROLLING EXTENTION into the next month and will draw from your account without your knowledge.
To counter act this contact your bank and asked them to stop your card and issue you with a new one as you will not get anywhere trying to reason with these thieves.

It is what it is and I can't sugar coat this, you now have the information to decide if you want to use their services or not.

Before you enrol on another dating site check extensively their reviews on sites like this one as the little guy is more likely to tell the truth than a company or large corporation looking to fleece you.
Stay safe and please stay off the drugs.

When I first found Plenty of Fish, it looked great. Unfortunately, it proved to be pretty fishy itself.

The instant you create an account with them, you get instant replies as well! Unfortunately all of these prove to be bots. The age verification scam is linked to the first ones that come up. Frankly, from the looks of the supposed person behind the profile set arrives in my inbox, I question whether or not they were underaged not whether or not I was 18 or older.

The good news is they don't charge you initially and you can still browse profiles. That said, I subscribed for the minimal subscription of 2 months because they seemed fairly legitimate, and it certainly is significantly less money than LatinFeels or some other websites

For the first couple days it was great! You can see who's been viewing your page, you can do more accurate searches, and there's various other features that you don't have with the unpaid subscription.

But almost immediately, the Box discover your profile. All kinds of websites are linked to these profiles, most of them porn sites that have nothing to do with the face supposedly Behind The Profile. Others try to get you to list your credit card information on a web page that looks legitimate because it has the name POF on it, including their logo, and other information that appears to relate to POF. However, this claim that they make- that they are simply verifying your subscription by verfying your credit card information in order to give you "FREE" access to video conferencing with other profiles, is a complete total scam.

The real rip off part of the entire thing is this: five days after I signed up for the subscription, I noticed that the first month's charge still hadn't cleared my credit card.

Then suddenly one evening, I noticed that the website seem to be misfunctioning. I was getting profiles popping up that shouldn't have because I had not open those filters on my profile.

I contacted customer service via email, yet I got no reply for the next day. In fact I really became suspicious when suddenly I was getting no reply at all when previously, their customer service when I reported scammers, seem to be very very good.

Well, this is where the scam comes in.

They tell you when you subscribe to the service that you must contact them in order to stop the monthly monthly charge for subscribing to the website.

I wasted my time attempting to email their customer service again and again because it appeared my account have been hacked, or there were other technical issues yielding incorrect search results.

This was the first fishy thing I found out about Plenty of Fish. Even though you cannot set the search parameters for one's sexual orientation, suddenly, all the profiles showing up on my search ( which was set for only female profiles within a certain age range) I started getting nothing but lesbian female and homosexual male profiles popping up when I get a search. I also noticed that the women I had saved as favorites suddenly no longer appeared to be online at any time.

I wasted my time repeatedly contacting customer service because they didn't seem to be addressing this issue. However, I received absolutely no response back from them for over 24 hours.

Then I read the fine print under their help section. They state that if you are blocked by too many profiles, they will delete your account. Only they won't just go in and delete it so you don't have access to it. Instead, they'll continue your access to it and skew your search results like they did with mine, simply to waste your time.

So here's the next fishy thing about Plenty of Fish. Even though you can't set the search parameters to block someone, at least not on my account did I see any place you could do this, they claim if others block you they can delete your account

So my question was, how can it be that I was blocked too many times if I personally am unable to block others on my profile which again I had subscribed to and paid the full subscription rate for?

So this is where it really gets interesting and the real truth comes out. Even though they had deleted the account, I noticed the very next morning that they had debited my credit card for the now ongoing subscription.

That way they're not actually providing you with any service at all, but they are debiting you every single month.

For this reason, I elected to report them to the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive practice and fraud.

The very next morning, I checked my credit card statement online, and saw that they had finally put through the debit so this is